Advancing Word Podcast
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When Our Church Becomes The Lord's Church
In many of its modern expressions, the church no longer resembles the biblical picture of the church we see in Scripture. Too often, there is too much of the world in the church and too little of the church in the world. In Acts 2, ...
When The Answer Asks The Questions
The Book of Job—widely regarded as one of the Bible’s oldest books—tells the story of a man who loses everything yet clings to faith. It confronts one of humanity’s oldest questions: why suffering exists in a world governed by an all-powe...
Seeing Others As Jesus Sees Them
During the 2026 Super Sunday Night Worship Celebration at the historic First Baptist Church of Wright City, Missouri, Dr. T. D. Stubblefield reflects on Mark 8:34 and the feeding of the multitudes. He teaches that our relationship with Je...
The Cure For What Ails Us
In this message, we turn to Jeremiah 8:17–22, where the prophet stands in the shadow of national crisis and grieves the unraveling of his people. With a burdened heart and tear-filled eyes, Jeremiah longs for healing, yet no immediate rem...
Footnotes To A Father's Failure
In 2 Samuel 11, David’s rise to power and ascendancy to the throne of Israel are both marked and marred by a devastating moral failure. The chapter opens with a popular and victorious king resting in his palace, but it closes with that sa...
Analyzing A Labor Shortage
In Matthew 9:35–38, Jesus is not celebrating the labor movement. Rather, He is making a sobering declaration about the scarcity and inadequacy of qualified workers in the Kingdom His presence had ushered in. The rule and reign of Go...
The Confidence To Continue
In 2 Corinthians, Chapter 3, verses 17-18 and Chapter 4, verse 1, the Apostle Paul identifies the basis of his motivation and confidence in ministry. What was it that fanned the flames of his confidence and gave him the courage to continu...
What Every Christian Needs To Know
In 1 Timothy, Chapter 1, verses 7 - 12, the Apostle Paul shares with Timothy as the lengthening shadow of imminent execution and martyrdom for the faith edged closer to the horizon. Faced with his own mortality, the appeal and exhortation...
A Prepared Table For A Prepared People
Psalm 23 describes the Great Shepherd’s wisdom, compassion, and devotion. In stanza 5, the metaphor shifts: David sees himself not only as a sheep under the Shepherd’s care but also as a guest at the Shepherd’s banquet table. This m...
Why Worship Matters
Nestled in the interior of the prophecy of Ezekiel, in Chapter 46, verses 9 – 10 is an ascription or addendum about worship. Here, like the patterns, procedures and prescriptions in the Book of Leviticus, the worship of the people of God ...
When Jesus Crashed A Funeral
In Luke 7:11–15, we find a powerful narrative of transformation and compassion. As Jesus and his disciples approach the gates of a town, they encounter a funeral procession—a widowed mother grieving the loss of her only son. What un...
Staying Connected - Part 3
In the final message of the “Staying Connected” series, Dr. Stubblefield focuses on our relationship to the local church. Leveraging a passage from the first eight verses of the Third Epistle of John, the primary character Gaius demonstra...
Staying Connected - Part 2
In Part 2 of the sermon series, “Staying Connected”, the focus moves to Psalm 128. It addresses the elements of life, love and legacy that are essential components of the family connection. According to the Word of God, the family is neit...
Staying Connected - Part 1
In this segment, Dr. T. D. Stubblefield introduces a series of sermons around the theme of “Staying Connected." This first sermon in the series rooted in the Gospel of Mark, Chapter 12, verses 28 - 34, will focus on the most primary, pivo...
Guilty By Association
One Family Church, one of the St. Louis region’s fastest-growing congregations, is committed to “bringing people and God together in love.” Once again, during their Leadership Chapel, Dr. T. D. Stubblefield delivers an inspiring and challenging...
An Innocent Man And A Guilty Verdict
More space is devoted to Jesus’s trial before the Roman governor, Pontius Pilate in the Gospel of John than any of the other three Gospels. While tragic and disturbing, what happened reveals the heart of the Savior who, while an innocent ...
The Other Side Of Death
Revelation 14:13 is a text that looks at the “other side of death.” What a powerful reminder of God’s promises as we move toward the celebration of Resurrection Sunday. Disease, death and the grave may be earth’s final words but not...
Don't Be Satisfied With Substitutes
Psalm 115 is an apologetic or defense of the faith. The Jews responded to their pagan neighbors and contrasted their faith in the living God of Israel with the false, fickle and foolish infatuation they had with false deities. Israe...
God's Overdraft Protection
In 2 Corinthians, Chapter 3, while engaging in an apologetic or defense of his ministry, the Apostle Paul affirms something that is true of every child of God. Our spiritual, intellectual, relational, emotional and material resources are ...
Straight Talk On Straight Street
According to Acts, Chapter 9, Saul, who would later become the Apostle Paul obsessed with hatred and disdain for the followers of Jesus, had requested arrests warrants from the Sanhedrin to travel to Damascus, and bring Christians back to Jerus...
Sheltered By The Shepherd
King David, wrote the Twenty-Third Psalm, a classic and enduring affirmation of his confidence in the LORD during a very straitened and stressful time in his own life. While consisting of only six stanzas and one hundred fifteen words, th...
Failure Is Not Final
In Exodus 3, verses 1 -6, God speaks to Moses from a bush that burned but did not burn up! Moses is one of the most remarkable characters in the Bible. His life can be divided into periods of forty years each. The first forty ...
Experiencing God's Presence
In Exodus, Chapter 39, four centuries before God leads Moses and the children of Israel out of Egyptian bondage, God manifested His presence in the life of a young Hebrew boy named Joseph who was sold into slavery, estranged from his family and...